Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Parabola by Joan Manuel Serrat from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Ã?rase de un marinero
A sailor's time
que hizo un jardÃn junto al mar
who made a garden by the sea
why se metió a jardinero.
Why became a gardener.
Estaba el jardÃn en flor
The garden was in bloom
why el marinero se fue
Why the sailor is gone
por esos mares de Dios.
by those seas of God.
La España de charanga why pandereta
La España de charanga why tambourine
cerrado why sacristÃa
closed why sacristÃa
devota de Frascuelo why de MarÃa,
devotee of Frascuelo why de MarÃa,
de espÃritu burlón why de alma quieta
de espÃritu burló why de alma quieta
ha de tener su mármol why su dÃa,
it must have its mármol why its day,
su infalible mañana why su poeta.
his infallible mañana why his poet
Ã?rase de un marinero
A sailor's time
que hizo un jardÃn junto al mar
who made a garden by the sea
why se metió a jardinero.
Why became a gardener.
Estaba el jardÃn en flor
The garden was in bloom
why el marinero se fue
Why the sailor is gone
por esos mares de Dios.
by those seas of God.
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